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. . for many it will be under a bridge . . but who cares?? . . <sarcazm>  

Struggling for existence in hard times stirs emotions in me that are not all that unpleasant.  Perhaps now is the time to start learning bush tucker, and you know from who!

Quoted from tramp

No.  Compensation is a totally different issue of which there are presently claims in the court in regard to pay and other matters.

But my friend says she gets it from what people did to her ancestors

Quoted from dara

But my friend says she gets it from what people did to her ancestors

What does she get?  Does she have access to benefits that you or I can’t access or is she getting the same benefit but just under a different name.  Eg. Austudy and Abstudy.

Love it how Costa played the race card because the Libs are giving him a hard time in the election run. His complete incompetence has zero to do with it of coarse!

I'm not sure what you mean here aquamonkey - something in the news I missed.  Can you give me a little more detail please..

Quoted from tramp

I'm not sure what you mean here aquamonkey - something in the news I missed.  Can you give me a little more detail please..

Labor NSW "We're just so, SO desperate!"

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21290495-5011900,00.html

Quoted from aquamonkey

Labor NSW "We're just so, SO desperate!"

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21290495-5011900,00.html

Ah, election time has come?

This in today's news

'Why I Hate Blacks' column blasted
Wednesday Feb 28 11:28 AEDT

AP - Asian-American leaders are condemning a column titled "Why I Hate Blacks," which was published in a weekly newspaper that calls itself The Voice of Asian America.

In the column, which appeared in the February 23 edition of San Francisco-based AsianWeek, contributor Kenneth Eng lists reasons why he supports discrimination against blacks.

AsianWeek, with a circulation of 48,505, issued a statement apologising for "any harm or hurt this has caused the African American community."

Leaders at the Asian American Justice Centre, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Coalition for Asian Pacific Americans and other groups are circulating a petition denouncing the column as "irresponsible journalism, blatantly racist, replete with stereotypes, and deeply hurtful to African Americans."

"It certainly does not speak for the vast majority of Asian Americans," Stewart Kwoh, who heads the Asian Pacific American Legal Centre in Los Angeles, said.

"This kind of inflammatory (column) really can hurt and damage relations with the broader African-American community."

The petition calls on AsianWeek to cut ties with Eng, issue an apology, print an editorial refuting the column, and fire or demote the editors who published it.

"Something like this should never have been printed," said Vincent Eng, deputy director of the Asian American Justice Centre in Washington, who is not related to the columnist.

"Deliberate action needs to be taken to make sure this type of hate speech doesn't continue."

AsianWeek plans to hold a news conference with leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in San Francisco to discuss how the Asian and black communities "can be different and yet get along and work together," said Ted Fang, the paper's editor-at-large.

"The newspaper is sorry that this got published, and I am personally sorry that this got published," said Fang.

"The views in that opinion piece do not in any way reflect the views of AsianWeek."

AsianWeek plans to review its policies to "understand how this happened and make sure it doesn't happen again," Fang said, calling the decision to publish Eng's piece a "mistake."

Fang's family publishes the weekly, along with a local newspaper called the Independent, and owned the San Francisco Examiner between 2000 and 2004.

The column was the third written by Kenneth Eng, who has described himself as an "Asian Supremacist." His two previous columns were titled "Proof That Whites Inherently Hate Us" and "Why I Hate Asians."

Eng is in his early 20s and a graduate of New York University, according to a biography on a website promoting his science fiction writing.

©AAP 2007

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=229856

I can tell you now that the undercurrent of discrimination ***read: hatred*** against westerners, especially Americans, is rife in China and Hong Kong. My son is married to a chinese national and that was his first hand experience.

Big outcries are hilarious. Freedom of speech no?
Hah.

Racism is not uncommon, it is prevalent in all cultures, and as an observational judgement it is not a problem.  It can become a problem however, when it goes beyond a passive judgement and turns into violence.

Quoted from pebble

Any one can be a racist, it is not an exclusive all white club.

Then why does the media constantly make me feel bad about myself because I am white.Somehow it is my fault that some immigrants have a tough time in Australia.

Here is the media bias.
The aboriginal stolen generation. This was a horrible event and a stain on Australian history. On the other foot what about the thousands of british childeren taken from england. A lot had no parental consent. Where is their sorry day. look it up for yourself if you dont believe me.

Quoted from The_Pragmatic_One

Then why does the media constantly make me feel bad about myself because I am white.Somehow it is my fault that some immigrants have a tough time in Australia.  . . . . .

Not only immigrants . . I too am a 'victim'!!  

I lived through the horror fashion years of the 70's . . . platform shoes,  BCR tartan everything, big hair, bigger shoulder pads,  pants so tight we could not see straight . . . I think I am the victim of 'decade-ism'.  .  .  *if you scratch deep enough we could all find a reason to whinge.*  

Dare I ask how many colours youre hair has been. I can see you at a leo sayer concert in your get up holding a lighter in the air.

I had a blue 'feather' streak in my hair for my wedding . .  

I never saw Leo Sayer live but my list of concerts (that made me a 'decade-ist' is impressive.  

Quoted from dara

It is funny how white people are more accused of being racist than other races though.

This is purely a numbers thing. The majority of the people in Australia or any other western country are white, so when they discriminate against other races (a common human flaw) they are called racists.

If you go to a non white country I'm sure you will find the opposite, the white's are discriminated against by the non whites who are then the racists.